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"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague." -Cicero

Leon Panetta’s Cyber Smoke Screen

First, let me say that I thoroughly believe Iran is our enemy and is
virtually capable of any evil deed and/or atrocity in the name of Allah.
And I further believe that Russia is behind Iran and its deeds– Trevor Loudon and I are in total agreement on this.
I also agree with Trevor that there is a strong likelihood of Obama
pulling an October surprise by striking Iran. That scenario is gaining
in possibility every day, with Leon Panetta at the forefront. But it
will be an attack that is for show and not for true defense. It will be
by drone and will entail surgical strikes. It will be for sheer
political impact and could well do catastrophic harm to Israel.Enter cyber warfare. Leon Panetta is ginning up an emergency to
justify a cyber security Executive Order from Barack Obama. He is
hinting (notice that he never outright condemns Iran) that Iran is
behind the attacks and they may be. But it is just as likely that even
if they are, we are using it for political propaganda to empower the
State in controlling the Internet, banking and utilities. A coup within
the US without a shot fired. Warning bells from The Washington Guardian:

Defense secretary bluntly warns we’re in ‘pre-9-11 moment’ that could precede catastrophic attack, hints Iran involved.In a blunt admission designed to prod action, Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta Thursday night told business executives there has been a sudden
escalation of cyber terrorism and that attackers have managed to gain
access to control systems for critical infrastructure.In a speech in New York City, Panetta said the recent activities have
raised concerns inside the U.S. intelligence community that cyber
terrorism might be combined with other attacks to create massive panic
and destruction on par with the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Iran may attack us by computer, but after some discussion with people
who have expertise in this area, I do not believe they are
sophisticated enough to widely access our critical infrastructure.
However, our government is and it would benefit them mightily to control
the Internet, banking and utilities. It would be a Marxist’s wet dream
come true. Screw the Constitution – it’s for the good of national
security. Panetta will take what the Patriot Act started and finish
America off with cyber security. He will scare us into relinquishing our
rights for security and you will have neither. But you will get
totalitarian fascism.For those of you who are hung up on the whole “fascism vs communism”
thing, a little clarity: the current crop of totalitarians running the
Administration have done their best to avoid behaving in a way that
validates either of the popular “-ism” labels. They have sought to
implement a kind of post-communist, post-fascist,
socialism-as-parasite-over-capitalism, but always a Marxism-inspired
command-and-control central government model. Try not to get too mired
in the labeling tar pit. They’re all bad and what they are very much not is any form of liberty-ism.More from Obama’s ex-CIA toadie:

“These attacks mark a significant escalation of the cyber
threat. And they have renewed concerns about still more destructive
scenarios that could unfold,” he said. “For example, we know that
foreign cyber actors are probing America’s critical infrastructure
networks. “They are targeting the computer control systems that operate
chemical, electricity and water plants, and those that guide
transportation throughout the country,” he added. “We know of specific
instances where intruders have successfully gained access to these
control systems. We also know they are seeking to create advanced tools
to attack these systems and cause panic, destruction, and even the loss
of life.”Current and former U.S. officials tell the Washington Guardian that
U.S. investigators have growing evidence that Iran was behind a recent
wave of cyber attacks, particularly those that temporarily paralyzed
energy interests in two Middle East countries that are key U.S. allies.

Since the Republicans have successfully stopped this from going
through Congress, Obama now turns to his Executive Order pen to
implement this nightmare, while the media claims conservatives and big
business are keeping Obama, Panetta and their minions from carrying out
national security.A virus named ‘Shamoon’ is being pointed at as the cyber culprit. It
is a ‘wiper’ and erases data while storing garbage data and an image of a
burning American flag. Panetta claims it destroyed more than 30,000
computers. While that could happen in the Middle East, I have a hard
time believing it totally destroyed thousands of computers here in the
US. Panetta claims that there have been massive attacks on banks here in
the US – while this may very well be true, we have not seen
corresponding banking failures here. He claims terrorists have gained
control of infrastructure with the possibility of trains derailing
(possibly full of deadly chemicals), poisoned city water supplies and/or
electrical grid failures. If true, why hasn’t this hit the news?
(Remember, if it serves the Administration, it’s definitely in
the news.) Where are the casualties? Where are the power grid failures?
(The grids are in three major sections of the country as I recall.)
Where is the starvation, panic and riots that would result? And the
martial law… He claims all of these are possible future scenarios, but
earlier he claimed that they had already occurred to a certain extent.
So which is it? Are we under attack now? If so, where’s the beef?

“They are targeting the computer control systems that
operate chemical, electricity and water plants, and those that guide
transportation throughout the country,” he added. “We know of specific
instances where intruders have successfully gained access to these
control systems. We also know they are seeking to create advanced tools
to attack these systems and cause panic, destruction, and even the loss
of life.”

I smell a Marxist rat here. I have no love for the tyrants in Iran
and I believe they should have been taken out decades ago. But more and
more, I start wondering if our government is not as complicit in their
plans as they are in the Muslim Brotherhood’s plans.Claiming that we will always be somewhat vulnerable, Panetta is
saying we have to act now or we are doomed. (Kind of like the 2008
“we’re all doomed” banking emergency.)Sorry if I just don’t believe all
this bull crap. It is way too convenient and evil. Panetta concludes
with an apocalyptic doomsday scenario worthy of The Stand:

“The most destructive scenarios involve cyber actors
launching several attacks on our critical infrastructure at once, in
combination with a physical attack on our country,” he added. “Attackers
could also seek to disable or degrade critical military systems and
communications networks.”

I believe he is saying here that multiple cyber attacks would be
launched along with an EMP attack. While I believe this can happen, I
also believe that right now Iran is busy with Syria and is far more
likely to attack Israel. They’ll go after the low hanging fruit first to
gain power. Iran is currently scoping out Israel’s nuclear capabilities, which indicates to me they are going there first.My Way News:

He said the department is investing more than $3 billion a
year in cybersecurity to beef up its ability to defend against and
counter cyberthreats, including investment in U.S. Cyber Command. And
the Pentagon is honing its policies so that any actions comply with the
law of armed conflict.“Our mission is to defend the nation. We defend. We deter. And if
called upon, we take decisive action to protect our citizens,” he said.He added, however, that the Defense Department will not monitor
American citizen’s personal computers, or provide for the day-to-day
security of private or commercial networks.

First of all, aside from the bluster, do you actually believe that
last statement? I don’t. And why would you need to say that, unless you
were lying? Unless you were contemplating stomping on the Constitution
and our rights?Panetta is invoking 9-11 and says we can’t let that
happen again, but everything he and Obama has done in the last four
years is the opposite of protecting us – it has massively endangered us.
Hear that? It’s the sound of unintended consequences – it’s the sound
of World War III bearing down on us. And Obama and Panetta are using
fear as their weapon du jour. We have enemies to really fear… near the top are Iran, Russia and China. But our greatest enemy is the Obama Administration – the enemy within.Already another Executive Order was issued last week strengthening sanctions against Iran while in reality giving the government the power to freeze any American’s bank account. Panetta is getting ready
to take us to war for purely political reasons. Thus the increased
sanctions and the saber rattling at Iran, which I believe is mostly for
show. And Obama’s cyber smoke screen is more of a threat to Americans
than it is to our enemies.